Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-05

Tho Document VIII Not b0 Given Into
 the Hands of the Public Printer, but
 Will be Read from Manuscript-He
 Urges Radioal Taxi3 Reform.
 WAsHrNGroN. Dec. 6-The presidsnts message to the hrst congress of our second century as the United States will be unpre- cedented in the long record of such commu- nications. For the first time in our history this message to new congress will discuss but one question. The president will say that in view of the paramount and even vital importance to the country of . reduc- tion of the tariff, he will treat of that subject alone, and for the present. will refer congress, as to the affairs of the di1ercnt departments, to the reports of the various cabinet ohlcerA
 The message win be much shorter than the public has been led 10 expect It is en- tirely in the presidents handwriting, Is full of his characteristic expressions and is un- derstood to be of his preparation, with, of course, sugges tions from his advisers in and ont of the cabinet, from the first word to the last. It will not be sent to the public printer, but will be kept at the White House until the president is notified that congress has convened and s'is ready to recsivs any conn smunication that he may desire to make. :" Engrossed duplicate copies will then be S&AS hands of Private Secretary. Pruden. and then manifold copies win be given b the press. Not for many years, certainly, have such precautions environed tho preparation of an executive message.
 The president will take radical ground upon the tariR question. He will recon mend that nearly all raw material to be used in the manufactures shall be put upon the free list He will recommend specifically that iron ores, tin plate, salt, lumber, coal and wood shall be put upon the free list He will not recommend that copper ores shall be placed upon the free list He will not Iefer at any great length to the discussion is to the reduction of internal revenue duties, put will make it clear that he altogether dis Approves of that proposition. He will refer specifically to many articles upon which ttere arc now unduTy hSss import duties, and recommend proper reduction or :slhee tariff upon them. There will be nothing in his message akin to the horizontal reduction scheme of the last Morrison bill His rec concentrations are more in the line of tho bill offered by Abram s. Hewitt in the Torty-seventh congress.
 The presidents statistician estimates tha { the reductions thus specifically recommended will amount to about $80, ,O0O, 900 per annum. The president, in referring to the surplus, VIII poAHt oue W1eA BIone SASor tno dpSoAuVe and above all the speedy necessity of the passage of such bill as will at the earliest possible moment relieve the country from this improper and really illegal drain upon it's resources. These are the really material Soints in the message, which will n ot be sent t5 congress until tomorrow. The specific recommendations as to the reductions upon given duties will be awaited with the great est interest. The articles to be named will embrace nearly all of the long series of goodi upon which prohibitory or uudu. protective duties have been placed, but, as already said the president thinks that the reductions he snges sts will be such as are demanded by
 sty as we'll as tine necessity of reducing
 le improper surplus of revenue, and art Carefully adjusted with reference to the best interests, business as we'll as generally eSonomic, of the country.